Kartoshka

Good news for you, somewhat less good for me ::) It was delayed at customs, and it's still there (i've taken the picture while customs officer was inspecting it). I've been asked to bring the invoice for it to pay customs fees.. so i had to return home to compose it. ;) So my plan is to return back TO CUSTOMS tomorrow (maximum at next sunday) WITH ALL YOUR physical ADDRESSES AND SEND THE LCDS FROM THERE DIRECTLY so i can avoid paying unnecessary fees (they insist on paying them if i take the box home). They do not accept no arguments - they resist even our group order page. So, to verify your correct physical adresses, i'll send them to you today (via email). If you still not received it, please send me yours promptly (via EMAIL too). Good luck, updates will follow. :D -Kart

thought about it too, this could be nifty solution. should check with them (incl. redoing solidcam again).

the CNC machine itself is called SERVO. speed field... but what about the dimensions in these files? ain't they should be either less by 3mm bigger by 3mm ??? like, as i understand, my code gives the machine a path for tool... then maybe on a operating station it should be finally configured and it wasn't?..... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i want to solve scaling issue :'( and... we spilled plenty of coolant, you only saw the beginning of cutting. Every tool-down on the plate rised coolant from every hole made. :)

Peeps, thank you! :-* that's the pleasure in forums where people gather by interests and not by their physical locations. I posted another video from beginning of cutting. btw, the speed was set at about 1200RPM (maybe i mess smth as at the CNC PC screen we were paying between 120-350units at speed controller). Whole run for both plates took about 40-60 mins. yep, it's that one. yes, it was placed on sandwiched plywood, of about 20mm thickness. i can't find any G42, G40s... therefore i post original solidcam CNC txt outputs if you can debug them :-) http://rapidshare.com/files/73443641/karto_CNC.zip.html what's interesting is that we can see correct dimensions at a3 and b4 files , the final frames of plates.

i think on the front it was done automatically while on the rear the path was set manually... but i have to make sure with people who actually done it, i'm not that deep into industrial design and machinery knowledge. that's what i thought also... but they told me that it never makes cutting on the path itself, only inside or outside... maybe they're wrong :-\ then how on rear it shrink only on X, ignoring Y-height ??? also, what bothers me is that holes don't exactly match preprinted image (scaling! not offset) sunday i'll have caliber at hand and will make exact measurings of holes, errors, dimensions, etc.

Finally, the cutting was done today. everything was done using one 3mm cnc bit. eventually it survived! Videos on youtube and some of images here, additional are on facebook's Midibox group. Guys, i need your help. our first trial.... reveals some strange oddities! i'll explain: solidparts were exactly as they should have been; dimensions of front- and rearplates are exactly the same as PACTEC provided to us. (front 232.41x163.27; rear 217.93x52.58) (also as they are, i have one of these boxes waiting for the pcbs so smash if you're reading this, keep that in mind please). what happened at solidCAM stage (or CNC), is beyond my ability to describe (nor that i made solid parts as well ;) what happened, is some strange scaling on both of plates: ??? on rearpanel - on X axis it substracted 3mm resulting in different proportion of distribution of holes on frontpanel - substracted 3mm on both axes, like it should be wider and taller by 3mm on each axis resulting in different distribution as well. in addition, we mistakenly deleted one of the leds in solidpart while deleting typography.... but that can be easily fixed, while scaling is more problematic and should been solved at higher priority. anyone with CNC/solidCAM/solid knowledge, is welcome to drop some lines advicing how to avoid this mistake in near future. final word, i'll be cutting the plates again next week. Kart.

i'll be sending the LCDs next week too.

Yep.... . .. ::)

update 28/11: already a week in customs, today i gave them a call. they said they still not inspected the shipment, and i should talk to them again on Sunday. ??? ---------------- [table][tr][td]Into Foreign Customs, November 21, 2007, 8:04 am, ISRAEL [/td][/tr] [tr][td]Arrived Abroad, November 21, 2007, 8:04 am, ISRAEL [/td][/tr] [tr][td]International Dispatch, November 16, 2007, 11:22 pm, LOS ANGELES [/td][/tr] [tr][td]Electronic Shipping Info Received, November 15, 2007 [/td][/tr] [/table] ----------------

thanxx Max... you deserve a star award! ;-) :-*

got the 3mm cnc drill bit! :-) and solidpart files. next step is solidcam and actual cutting. after that, screening. and don't be upset about lifting off the type—solution exists, just takes time.

does this mean that pcbs going to be made before x-mas now? :o

thanks Wilb', just got my sids. no customs of course. ::) you guys should more trust your post.

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Doug, i'm just very curious: why would you order your panel from alt' if you do it yourself? :-) ::)

just to keep you updated, guys ::)

peeps, i think it's easily can be done here (academy of art workshops ;)) but i'd like to finish drilling/painting my panel first—to show you the results (maybe anodizing with dye/other interesting techniques as well, and only then the screening part time). i have to test on MINE before i go with yours. probably also sending one to great Wilb' so we'll not make any troubles no' mo. for now, i'm not promising you anything. if you can find other solutions, go with them. Kart.

respeKKKtta! ;D

Well. i received all payments, paid for the lcds and closed the order. mono-poly is out, for total lack of communication. with any updates, you should know it. before shipping the lcds to you, i'll recheck your shipping addresses. No need to reply correct addresses; only if something wrong. ;) Vlad

if nobody else interested, i'd like to take 1 (i got my case separately).

ask him to test chips before he ships them to you :-\ ;)

it's not my first time i receive things from UK really fast. once, it was next day delivery (airmail)... i think there's some time/space door which royal post is aware of.

got mine too! big thanks, G! .... Kart

not me!! ;D i can't withdraw the funds.. the funny thing is when wilba made me a refund for shipping differencies, it did came back from paypal to the bank account. :o

peoples, we're waiting for echecks to clear and we're done! ::) Everybody, thanks for prompt responding and payments.